Hosea 10:3-4

Expanded Bible

³ Then they will say, “We have no king,
    because we didn’t ·honor [revere; fear] the Lord [Prov. 1:7].
As for the king,
    ·he couldn’t do anything [^Lwhat could he do…?] for us.”
⁴ With words that mean nothing they make ·false [empty] ·promises [oaths]
    and ·agreements [covenants; treaties] which they don’t keep.
So ·people sue each other in court [^Llawsuits/judgments spring up];
    they are like poisonous weeds growing in [^Lthe rows/furrows of] a plowed field.